17th June - 23rd October 2022

The exhibition taking place at Kirkcaldy Galleries will feature early paintings by Vettriano, including nearly a dozen produced before he decided to become a full-time artist and are signed Jack Hoggan, his birth name. This will be a celebration of his extraordinary career, showcasing paintings he created in his 20s until he moved to London in 2000.

Originally planned to take place in 2020, due to Covid-19 restrictions the exhibition has been rescheduled and will now be taking place for a longer period from 17th June to 23rd October 2022. Tickets are now available to pre-order, click here for more information and tickets.

The first major retrospective exhibition of works by Jack Vettriano opened at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow on 21st September 2013 and ran until 23rd February 2014.

The exhibition went on to become the most successful commercial exhibition ever staged in Glasgow with over 136,000 visitors during its 5 month run.

Here we feature a small selection of the 101 paintings ranging in date from 1992 to 2012 that are featured in the Retrospective exhibition and which include all of Vettriano’s most famous works gathered in from private collections around the world for the first time.

Held at the Hearbreak Publishing Gallery in London (which Jack owned at that time) from the 14th May to the 19th June 2011.  The exhibition featured 12 new paintings – all based on the glamorous and intoxicating world of Ballroom Dancing – both on stage and behind the scenes, full of movement and atmosphere.

The exhibition also featured work from the accomplished photographer Jeanette Jones.

First shown from 27th March - 2nd May 2010 in Kirkcaldy Museum & Art Gallery, then onto  Jack's own Heartbreak Publishing gallery from 30th September - 31st October 2010.

Jack Vettriano’s Days of Wine and Roses exhibition had a distinctly continental feel featuring paintings inspired by his visits to Milan and the French Riviera alongside some of his signature darker interiors.

On Saturday 19th September 2009, the Yacht Club of Monaco celebrated the centenary of its world famous yacht, Tuiga, built in 1909 by William Fife, a west coast Scottish yacht builder.

An exhibition of paintings by Jack Vettriano, inspired by Tuiga, opened at the Club on the launch night of its annual Classic Yacht Week in September 2009.

BBC Coverage

19 October - 22 October 2008 – London

Vettriano was one of four artists invited to paint a portrait of a famous sporting star and the process was captured for a two-part documentary that was broadcast by the BBC in March 2008.

The five portraits featured by Sir Peter Blake, Rankin, Gerald Scarfe, Stella Vine and Jack Vettriano went on public display at Bonhams, Montpellier Street, London SW7.

A triptych of paintings entitled Tension, Timing, Triumph – Monaco 1971, the paintings tell the story of Sir Jackie Stewart’s third victory at Monaco and commemorate an era in which the Scot became Formula One champion three times.

They were unveiled by HSH Prince Albert of Monaco at a private reception at the Hotel de Paris in Monaco on Wednesday 21st May 2008.

June 2006

Vettriano had acquired a studio in the South of France during the period in which he was preparing for this exhibition and many of the paintings were inspired by his time there.

The fonetography exhibition in aid of Mencap was sponsored by Nokia in association with The Times Magazine and included photographs taken by Damon Albarn, David Bailey, Sir Peter Blake, Tracey Emin, Nan Goldin and Jack Vettriano. The contributors were each given a Nokia 7610 camera phone with which to take their photographs and their brief was simply to ‘capture the moment’.

19 June - 31 July 2004 – London.

Affairs of the Heart was held at London's Portland Gallery on 19 June to 31st August 2004.

It was his first show for four years.

This exhibition was scheduled to be held at the 7th Regiment Armory, Park Avenue at 67th Street, New York City, USA, 29th September to 2nd October 2001.

Unfortunately the exhibition ended up being cancelled due to the events of September 11th that year.

June 2000 – London

Lovers and Other Strangers, Portland Gallery, London.

June 1998 (10 June – 10 July 1998) London

This exhibition featured the painting Dance Me To The End Of Love, one of Vettriano’s best known works.

November 1996 – Hong Kong.

Held at the Museum Annex.

June 1996 – Private Collection

These seven paintings were inspired by the life and achievements of Sir Malcolm Campbell, who gained the world land speed record at various times during the 1920′s and 1930′s.

The paintings were originally commissioned by Sir Terence Conran for his Bluebird Club in London.

A limited edition boxed-set of the seven Bluebird images was released on 3rd September 2010 to mark the 75th anniversary of Malcolm Campbell’s final World Land Speed record broken at Bonneville in 1935.

27 May - 15 June 1996 – London

A total of 51 new Vettriano paintings were exhibited at the Portland Gallery including The Road to Nowhere and The Red Room.

An exhibition of new paintings at 37 Heriot Row, Edinburgh during the Edinburgh International Festival August 17 to August 27

October 1994 – London

This exhibition featured the painting The Billy Boys, one of Vettriano’s best known works and was held at The Portland Gallery in London.

Summers Remembered – an exhibition of oil paintings by Jack Vettriano, Corrymella Scott Gallery, 12th Nov – 3rd Dec 1993.

May 1993 – London

This was Vettriano’s second exhibition in London and his first with The Catto Gallery.

2 October - 11 October 1992 – London

This was Vettriano’s first exhibition in London and featured The Singing Butler, his best known painting.